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State v. Carpenter

Citations

  • 749 A.2d 1137
  • 170 Vt. 371
  • 2000 Vt. LEXIS 29

How courts have described this case

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  • where claimed instructional error was not properly preserved after charge, review for plain. error was appropriate standard
  • no plain error demonstrated where jury did not need to rely on permissive inference of intoxication in view of other credible evidence supporting verdict
  • “The error must not only affect substantial rights, but also have an unfair prejudicial impact on the jury’s deliberations.”
  • for a finding of plain error, “[t]he error must not only affect substantial rights, but also have an unfair prejudicial impact on the jury’s deliberations”

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Judges: Amestoy, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund

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